Let Nothing Go to Waste

I just played with hearts today.  There was a strip of a page about 2.5" in one of watercolor journals so I filled it up....

And then I took a picture and cropped it so you wouldn't see the page underneath.

And while I had it in ArtRage I covered up some of that white on the hearts because it was too white!  That's the problem with Sakura's White glaze pen,,, it goes on clear then gets whiter and whiter as it dries... Love that, but it is a surprise sometimes!

Better.

Philippians 1:6

This was today's scripture from Biblegateway.... just for me ... :-)  I can not tell a lie, my whole life I have expected The Lord to return at any moment.... and I was afraid that I might be one of those bridesmaids that grew weary in waiting and missed the call.  See, not only do I want to be part of the marriage feast of the Lamb,  I DO NOT want to go through the tribulation period!  IT IS NOT going to be pretty!  And, seeing all the things that are happening DAILY making all those awful prophecies do-able... TODAY, I stay on the edge of my seat!

Anyway, I needed THIS scripture today.  THANK YOU Father God!  

American Sins

....just to name a few!!

I have to say, I get a little crazy when people ask the question WHY?.....   Really?

 

And, the Rest Of the Story....

I finally decided to commit it to paper...

 Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 

It is easy to lose focus on what the ultimate end goal is with so many distractions in life.

Actually, it can be ANY promise you are standing on at the moment, that just happens to be my favorite.

Today I Played With the Real Thing Again

See, the thing is, yesterday I got a large box of watercolor paper delivered and I couldn't resist, I just had to play.  Gotta say, I honestly don't think there is anything better than Inktense Watercolor pencils!  I LOVE using them! I'm just sad that there aren't anymore colors to buy :-(.  

Anyway,  now I'm waiting on the next step....what to do with it ... Do I add more dots? Or, cut it apart and use the pieces on something else?  Or add words?  .... Waiting .....

I mention cutting it apart because I did another one and that's what I did because I wasn't happy with it.  So it, or some part of it, will become a part of something else??

Oh, today it is July 4th, Independence Day.... And it has rained ALL day! But,that doesn't stop the fireworks, there is a display somewhere around here, I can hear them...but unfortunately that it, I can't see a thing ...too many trees.   But, I love my trees so no complaints here!   

Hope you all had a great 4th!

The next day..........

Aaaaaaaaa.....the iPad magic....test it before you commit!   

Ima Crow

I promised a friend, Barb, that I would doodle a crow for her blog so here is my first watercolor go at it.  Her last name is Crow and this is Ima Crow, get it?  It is waiting for change requests so we shall see.... And, yes the purse is significant ....

Well heck, I did the one below on my ipad last week and it actually looks more like a crow that the one above...heck....now, seeing the two together the top one looks more like a black bird than a crow... Or, is it just me because the bottom looks like she would be Heckle and Jeckle's mom.  Anyone out there even know who I' m talking about?

Hummmm,.... Getting old.....

 

 

Cool Note Taking App!

Much has happened since last I wrote..... And now starts my list of excuses for not posting in a while....

- I took a little mini vacation to a friend's house

- My iPad stopped charging!!! so I had to go to the apple store for diagnosis since they wanted to charge me $70 for a phone call consult!!!  NOT!!  Thankfully, it is still under warranty so the replacement charger cable was free.

- I have been trying more new apps out... My app Drawing Folder now looks like this!  So many choices, how does one choose just one?

My Top 5 Favorite Doodle Apps

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Someone asked me today what apps I use to doodle on my iPad.  If you have followed me through this learning process you know that my favorites have changed over time AND, it just depends on what I want to do that day.

I might use 2 or 3 different apps to create one thing.  If there is going to be a lot of text that I don't feel like drawing, I will type it in iDraw and do the rest of the picture in another app then combine the two.

I have numbered the favorites but really, it just depends.  

I wish I could have shown the prices for each but that disappears once you buy it so I don't know what they cost now.  I think the most expensive one was iDraw ($7.99)... which REALLY blows me away because it acts so much like CorelDraw which is a $500 package!  CRAZY!

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Please know that I am NOT an artist!  I suspect that a real artist can make all of these apps sing.  I know I've seen some drawings that are amazing.  I have just been playing with any package that someone said that they like, to see why...  and then I formed my own conclusions based on what I found useful and what I felt was a total waste....FOR ME.  Someone else might love them.  

I also included a few that I wouldn't use to create anything with but I think they are FUN to play with, just because. 

  Like - 

- Sumo Paint, that one is just WILD! and I think it was free so its worth a look.  

- I don't use Page 53 anymore (I think it was the first doodle app I tried) but I just love their "Journal" layout so I keep it loaded.  

- Scribble Press is another one that I won't use but I think is SO CLEVER FOR KIDS!  They can draw something then send it in to be published!

One more package that I use with almost everything I doodle on the iPad is SnapSeed.  I use it to crop, for some reason none of the other packages have cropping!  ???  Unless I just haven't figured a way to ???

I Can Be Some Dumb At Times

Yesterday I was watching my little "Thing Maker" video again and couldn't believe I had been so dumb!  I sat there and drew the shadow behind each letter!  I NEVER DO THAT!  Well, except on paper, but never digitally.  DER!

What I normally do is

1. Write the word or draw the shape

2. Duplicate that layer 

3. Change the bottom layer to black

4. Move the object on that lay over and down a bit

Done

WHAT WAS I THINKING!?!

I am a little bit panic stricken, after I did the above I LOST the plastic tip on my Jot Pro Stylus
!!! OMGoodness!!! Talk about dependent on a tool.  My iPad doodles are on hold until I get a new one....I actually ordered six new ones (I don't like being in this position). Hoping for a fast delivery.  I didn't realize how much more I like digital doodling over pen-and-paper doodling until now.

Moral of that story: PUT THE CAP BACK ON!!!

Pinterest Inspired Doodling

Yesterday I wanted to play with the "record" function of my new iPad app, Sketch Club.  But, rather than try and think of something to draw I went back to the Pinterest Doodle Book I created last year.

If you watch the video you will see I didn't spend a lot of time fixing things, some, but not a lot... because it wasn't about the finish as much as the "Let's see how this works".  That is, by the way, the story of my life.  I want to LEARN and move on, after I get to the "OK, I can do that." phase of learning anything I am ready to move on to the next thing.... unfortunately, I never excel in anything :-(

... This doodle blog is the longest I have spent doing any one thing, but if you look back over the entire time I have been all over the place with what and how I doodle!

And then I did this one: (sorry I don't have the original from Pinterest to show)

Then:

Yesterday:

Sorry this next video is so small, you may want to zoom in to see it better.

There is an option to see all the different menu functions I used to do each step but there is a WHOLE LOT of flashing, fast screens that hurt just to watch.  I think I MIGHT could slow things down a bit if I use a different software package here on my desktop.  That might be my next test.